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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Background of Kant's Thought.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Descartes argue was the first and most certain piece of knowledge?
(a) One is a human being.
(b) One is an intelligent self.
(c) One has an identity.
(d) One is a thinking self.

2. What did Leibniz argue could allow us to know almost everything about the world?
(a) Ethics.
(b) Objectivity.
(c) Reason.
(d) Religion.

3. What was a result of "Critique of Reason" being difficult to read?
(a) Kant translated and re-released his work.
(b) Kant became angry and insulted his readers.
(c) Kant released a supplemental work.
(d) Kant had another philosopher translate it.

4. Why was Kant's system revolutionary?
(a) It asserted the existence of synthetic a priori truths.
(b) It asserted the existence of synthetic a posteriori truths.
(c) It asserted the existence of analytic a priori truths.
(d) It asserted the existence of analytic a posteriori truths.

5. What are the first types of truths, according to Kant?
(a) False and accurate.
(b) Analytic and synthetic.
(c) Real and unreal.
(d) Rational and irrational.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Critique of Judgment" published?

2. Which of the following is true about Kant's time in school?

3. What did Kant have published before 1781?

4. For Hume to believe something, what did he need?

5. What is the name of the university Kant attended?

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